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Most are into computer games, but that doesn't mean you can't break out the old board and dice when the power goes kaput and play your favorite Semovente.
Besides Tunisia, I can't think of a better campaign to play on cardboard:

A cousin of Vance von Borries's East Front System, Invasion Sicily covers the Operation Husky, 1943. The major difference from the Barbarossa games is the addition of an "efficiency rating" to all units, which affects combat in a variety of ways to make it less predictable and less subject to...

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I bet Avalon hill is kicking himself silly for not releasing it first.

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Here is a terrific board game for ages 12 and up by Avalon Hill. War At Sea comes with punch tabs - most punched out, and some still intact, an instruction manual, 4 dice, and a nice sized board. This game is in excellent condition, possibly never used. The box has some wear around the edges and

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This was actually a fairly easy version to play. It doesn't have the complexity of the other Avalon Hill games like 7th fleet. Unfortunately it's sold out.

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Ariete is a Tactical Combat Series (TCS) game covering the Italian Ariete Division’s defense of Bir el Gubi, Libya, on November 19, 1941. The well-equipped yet inexperienced British 22nd Armoured Brigade saw an opportunity to season itself against a supposedly weak Italian formation. At...

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You have to zoom in on one of the playboards to find the MILMART truck mounted guns!

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EL ALAMEIN: Battles in North Africa, 1942, is an operational simulation, based on the KURSK Game System, of the battles between Rommel’s Panzer Armee Afrika and Montgomery’s Eighth Army near El Alamein from July through October 1942. The outcome of these bitterly-fought clashes finally ended...

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The Battle of Gazala, in May 1942, was arguably Rommel's most daring feat of generalship: British 8th Army had reached the limit of its supply line, but had heavily fortified the front from the Libyan coastal village of Gazala to the desolate outpost of Bir Hacheim, nearly 50 windswept miles to...